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Vittoria's Removable Valves are something special. They're not valve extenders like you'd expect, but actually valve stems that function with Vittoria's 320 TPI tubulars and Rubino Pro tubulars. These tires and tubes have unique removable stems. Simply un-thread the valve stem that is not the preferred length for your rims and screw on a new one. This way, you can ensure that you have a single-piece stem at the proper length for easy inflation and with an accessible valve. With an exposed valve, you'll be able to tighten it to prevent leaks or open it fully to inject liquid sealant inside the tubular tires on your deep carbon rims.
While this may not sound revolutionary, you'd know different if you ever had a leaking or stuck valve inaccessible inside the confines of your rim and were faced with the prospect of ripping off your perfectly glued race-day tubulars. The Vittoria Removable Valves are available in three lengths -- 42, 60, 80 and 110mm. They're sold as a pack of 2, enough for one complete bike.
Please Note: These will NOT thread onto the ends of your existing presta valve stems to act as extenders.
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- Material
- alloy
- Length
- 42 mm, 60 mm, 80 mm, 110 mm
- Compatibility
- Vittoria 320 tpi tubulars, Vittoria Rubino Pro tubulars
- Recommended Use
- airing up you tubulars with deep dish rims
- Manufacturer Warranty
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September 2, 2013
Only works with Older Vittoria EVO Tires
- Familiarity:
- I've put it through the wringer
Don't try using these with new EVO III tires. You'll need a more traditional extender and not these proprietary extenders.
Adam D
July 12, 2013
Vittoria Valves
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- I've put it through the wringer
If you have any type of extended rims and your runnin tubular vittoria corsa evo cx's. You gotta swap out your stems for longer ones. These are the ones you get. 1 complete Stem no extension. You don't want to rely on 2 pieces that could lead to failure in the final 500m or when your 100k from home. Reynolds 46t ul 80mm vittoria stems. No possible leakage, if you put them on right. Don't forget to buy a set for your spare. For when your training, or just riding the roads.
Wayne T.
July 13, 2011
Great for Extenders
If you need to run extenders for your deep dish wheels these are the one you want. Being able to remove the valve is a great feature.
Ian Burnett
July 8, 2011
Tubular tire essential
Their the must have if you love being able to close the valves. Easy to put on and reuse in case of a flat. I am not a big fan of extenders that just screw on top of the tires presto valve that seem to always end up loose and have you struggling to put the proper pressure in your tires. They are great for avoiding all this.
Mike Midlarsky
June 27, 2011
Great extender, a bit pricey
These are great for those deep dish tubies. Easy to install and very functional. They are a bit spendy, but probably worth it.
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CUPERTINO — After months of speculation that onerous pricing and sagging demand had eroded the magic formula that had made it the world's most valuable public company, Apple (AAPL) on Wednesday reported record profits for its holiday quarter, matching its earnings a year ago but slightly missing Wall Street's estimates.
Apple said it earned $13.81 a share on $54.5 billion in revenue for its first fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had expected Apple to earn $13.47 a share on $54.7 billion.
A year earlier, Apple had posted record quarterly revenue of $46.3 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13 billion, or $13.87 per share. International sales, which accounted for 58 percent of the quarter's revenue a year ago, were up to 61 percent of the quarter's revenue.
Apple said it expects its coming quarter revenue to be between $41 billion and $43 billion with a gross margin at between 37.5 percent and 38.5 percent, which is less than analysts had been estimating.
Perhaps more important, Apple said it had sold a record 47.8 million iPhones in the quarter, compared to 37 million in the year-ago quarter. Analysts had expected between 46 and 47 million. Apple said it also sold a record 22.9 million iPads during the quarter, compared to 15.4 million in the year-ago quarter. But that number was slightly below analysts call for between 23 and 24 million tablets to be sold.
Apple managed to dodge a bullet with its profit number, barely exceeding matching earnings from a year earlier. If its profits had fallen short, it would have been the third consecutive quarter that Apple had come up short and the first time since 2003 that the company had seen a year-over-year drop in profits. That did not happen.
And CEO Tim Cook, who has been under intense pressure to bring back to Apple some of the excitement that was building during Steve Jobs' tenure.
"We're thrilled with record revenue of over $54 billion and sales of over 75 million iOS devices in a single quarter," Cook said in a statement. "We're very confident in our product pipeline as we continue to focus on innovation and making the best products in the world."
Apple's board of directors has declared a cash dividend of $2.65 per share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on February 14, 2013, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 11, 2013.
Apple said its gross margin for the quarter was nearly 39 percent, a bit higher than analysts polled by Thomson Reuters had predicted. That number a year earlier had stood at almost 45 percent and many analysts were looking for something closer to 40 percent this time around.
Investors didn't like the result, immediately sending shares down more than 4 percent in after-hours trading.
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DayZ might be the talk of the PC gaming town at the moment, but for all its qualities at the end of the day it's still just a mod. It's using the engine and effects from ArmA II, which play a big part in helping the game achieve its brooding atmosphere.
Thing is, ArmA II came out years ago. Its sequel, ArmA III, is on the way, and for a sandbox game set on a large open world, it looks amazing.
We'll be checking out the game in person at E3 next month. Cannot. Wait.


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|2006-01-08, 06:27
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Fate/ Series Music Discussion
For those of you who have listened to the original game opening and this remake, what are your thoughts?
I felt that the remake was very well done. The vocals are appealing and the instrumentation is really rich and harmonious compared to the minimalistic game opening. However, I think the game opening gives more of an action-oriented feeling, while the anime opening uses a different interpretation of harmonic progression than what I was imagining for the game opening, and thus leads me in a slightly different direction. For example, the part building up to the chorus is upbeat in the original game opening, but in the anime opening, it seems to be more resolvant-sounding. However, since I haven't played the game, I can't really form any opinions on a comparison between the two in terms of story development and pacing and what is emphasized and what is not.
I don't know if "disillusion" is a pun on the pronunciation of "THIS ILLUSION" but the name is rather clever and does seem to hint at the different atmosphere I felt from the new opening song.
[MOD Edit]: Please use this thread to also discuss the music from the Fate/Zero anime.
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|2006-01-08, 08:31
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It's a nice remix by itself really, but it just feels too "relaxed" for the mood and tone of F/SN - which is usually dark (the battles, clashes of beliefs, dramatic events/flashbacks etc.)
It makes me think that the servants and masters are inside some MMORPG where they just kill for fun.
As a song though, i may end up liking it more than the original.
|2006-01-10, 18:34
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Join Date: Dec 2005
I like the remake since it blends in well with the current athmosphere the anime has set off. It feels more refined in terms of orchestration vs. the slightly techno off-beat tempo of the original.
I really didn't think they could beat the original OP, but I was completely wrong. Remixing the original OP was probably the best move Geneon could do and they did it with flying colors in my book ^^
|2006-01-19, 05:29
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I'm going to be the only one who liked the game version better. I'm so addicted to it, I have it on repeat on my psp. It just flows better with the action sequences that are in it.
Tsukihime's opening song(the series anyway i haven't played the game), was excellent. Too bad the series left me wanting more in terms of wrapping up the story, and extending it in some areas. So much potential but...
|2006-01-22, 02:49
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Same here. I played both and found that the game OP's upbeat style would fit the anime's Op animation and vice versa. They just both fit well. You could say that both songs are potraying two different moods, the anime's calm somber mood, and the games aggresive upbeat mood.
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Age: 32
I like the opening music quite a lot, its different to other anime op songs i have heard lately,
has a nice smooth/flowy feel to it , but for some reason i feel as if it would be good for the game,
BUT having never heard the game music, im just wondering if anyone has a sample, and the name of the artist and song?
|2006-01-22, 15:41
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 35
Click on the tab that says "sounds", you can download the short version of the game's OP "This Illusion"
On another topic, I liked the anime OP remix, but the animation itself was a little... uneventful. The game's OP movie had more "tension" to it.
Ah, you can download the game's OP movie here:
Insani has an English subbed version here (+translated game demo):
Puyo-san's Fate/FMA OP parody actually looked like it could've made a great OP :
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Nov. 2, 2010 — Eating dairy products, vegetables, apples, drinking milk or wine, and exercise were found to be protective against lung cancer among women smokers, a study shows.
The study also shows drinking black tea protects against the disease in nonsmoking women, according to a study.
Researchers at the Faculty Hospital Bulovka in Prague, Czech Republic, interviewed 533 female lung cancer patients at the hospital and compared them to 1,971 women who did not have lung cancer to evaluate the impact diet and exercise had on lung cancer risk among women.
Although milk and dairy products, vegetables, apples, wine, and exercise all showed a clinically significant protective effect among women who smoked, it did not show an effect among nonsmokers. Black tea showed a protective effect for nonsmokers, but no such effect for women who did smoke.
The findings were presented at the American College of Chest Physicians annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The study suggests that diet and exercise may have different effects in cancer risk depending on smoking status.
Lung Cancer in the U.S.
Lungcancer is the most common type of cancer. According to the CDC, in 2006 (the latest data available) an estimated 106,374 men and 90,080 women were diagnosed in the U.S. with lung cancer. Lung cancer accounted for more deaths than colorectal, prostate, and breast cancers combined.
Smoking is a major risk factor for developing lung cancer and other types of cancer. Researchers are also interested in the effect diet may play in cancer risk and development. A study published in September in European Journal of Cancer reported an association between eating a high amount of fruits and vegetables and a decreased risk of lung cancer. A 2009 study published in the journal Lung Cancer found drinking large amounts of green tea was associated with a lowered risk for lung cancer, but no such association was found for black tea.
The researchers of the latest study say their findings warrant additional research to investigate how black tea, dairy, and exercise affect lung cancer risk differently among female smokers and nonsmokers.
This study was presented at a medical conference. The findings should be considered preliminary as they have not yet undergone the "peer review" process, in which outside experts scrutinize the data prior to publication in a medical journal.


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I've been talking about this post forever, and it's finally time for our Master Bedroom reveal!
Now when I say reveal I mean for the time being {of course}, because when is work ever really done? I accomplished all my big projects I wanted done and the room is set – as is – for a while. I'll break it down including all the projects I did in another post for now I just want to show off
I've never even hinted at what our master bedroom was initially. When we moved in our home we didn't even really touch our bedroom except paint it green. I initially thought I wanted to "change up my color palate" and go for greens and earth tones. That didn't last – I wasn't inspired at all. So once my husband left for deployment I vowed to redo our room by the time he returned.
Find the total breakdown of DIY projects and shopping list details here:
Master Bedroom: DIY Projects and Shopping List
Here is a boring before picture:
And… AFTER!
The view of the room with my "office space" and functional items I utilized for my work space.
By the way, can anyone take a wild guess at my favorite color scheme? Just a wild shot in the dark? Anyone?
{hint: look at the room again, then look at my blog} :)
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My London Borough of Brent
When you've no stable family network, an area becomes home. The prospect of leaving Brent, a decision I had to consider last year as the call for independence intensified, proved far more unsettling than I had anticipated. My obsession with the area, Willesden in particular, mirrors Zadie Smith's passion in her bestseller White Teeth; even the author's American polemic On Beauty makes its way home.


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Continuing on my discussion of mounts and the old world, I have realized that there is something recently experienced that I am missing in the Old World.
While we e could fly about Outlands, but (with a couple of exceptions) you weren't flying around old world style cities. The were Outland Space-Goat cities.
Now I am flying around Northrend I am loving flying in, out, and around the Alliance castles (especially in & out of the castles).
When I was hoofing it through Iron Forge the other day, it just felt empty. I had to think what was missing. Then I realized the skies were empty.
It was all 2 dimensional.
I just wish that the caverns of Iron Forge were filled with flyers, the skies over Stormwind filled with birds, the Maze of Undercity filled with bats.
I know it probably won't happen, but I hope one day that the streets AND the skies of the old world cities will be filled with the cries of mounts.
Gnomer and Out!
PS: Guess who rolled a Death Knight on Aman'Thul last night?
I actually got to play with him for the first time… and it wasn't at opposing ends of the battleground (not that we ever did get to do that!). Mind you, he suffered a similar fate to me when the error prone Lich King raised "him" from the dead.
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The Model Development Tools (MDT) project focuses on big "M" modeling within the Modeling project. Its purpose is twofold:
The next release of MDT is tentatively scheduled for the end of June 2011 (see Indigo New & Noteworthy). For the previous release, see Helios New & Noteworthy.
BPMN2 is an open source component of the Model Development Tools (MDT) subproject to provide a metamodel implementation based on the forthcoming Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 OMG specification.
The objectives of the BPMN2 component are to provide
For more details on BPMN2, see the Wiki.
IMM is an open source component of the Model Development Tools (MDT) subproject to provide metamodel/profile implementations based on the forthcoming Information Management Metamodel (IMM) OMG specification.
MoDisco provides a framework to develop model-driven tools for software modernization. It aims at supporting use-cases such as Quality Assurance, Documentation, Improvement and Migration.
OCL is an implementation of the Object Constraint Language (OCL) OMG standard for EMF-based models.
Papyrus is a component of the Model Development Tools (MDT) subproject aiming at providing an integrated, user-consumable environment for editing any kind of EMF model and particularly supporting UML and related modeling languages such as SysML and MARTE.
SBVR provides a metamodel implementation and sample tools based on the adopted Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules (SBVR) OMG specification.
UML2 is an EMF-based implementation of the UMLTM 2.x metamodel for the Eclipse platform.
UML2 Tools is a set of GMF-based editors for viewing and editing UML models; it is focused on (eventual) automatic generation of editors for all UML diagram types.
Some components are currently in their Validation (Incubation) Phase.
Oct 8th, 2008 - The EODM component has been terminated; see the Termination Review slides for details.
Oct 8th, 2008 - The OCL Tools component has been terminated; see the Termination Review slides for details.
Oct 1st, 2008 - Check out what's new in the Galileo M2 milestone of the OCL subcompoject.
May 13th, 2008 - A new Papyrus component has been proposed.
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IRS yanking: Over 150 non-profits lose tax status
This year, you probably won't get a tax deduction for donating to the Bologna Foundation. That local charity, along with the IBM Club, the Save the Fireworks Foundation, Charlottesville Lesbian-Feminists, and Santa Matters– over 150 between the city and county– have lost their non-profit tax status, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
In a national move, the IRS announced June 9 that approximately 275,000 organizations lost such status for allegedly failing to file the requisite annual reports for three consecutive years. A 2006 law allows the IRS to automatically delete such companies from the rolls.
"The IRS believes the vast majority of these organizations are defunct," reads a statement from the IRS.
Loss of tax-exempt status can trigger a wide range of outcomes including property and corporate income taxes, as well as lessening the attraction for donors who are accustomed to earning deductions for gifts.
In making the announcement, the IRS also announced special steps to help any existing-but-deleted organizations apply for reinstatement. Such well-known Charlottesville-based groups as Trout Unlimited, Camp Albemarle, and the Toaster Museum– none of which had a representative immediately available for comment– might want to get a hold of those procedures.
But there may be errors in the IRS records.
"This is all strange," says Brian Gallagher, longtime president of the Central Virginia Beekeepers Association, which also finds its name on the list. "We have never had tax-exempt status."
Charlottesville and Albemarle groups that lost tax-exempt status:
Charlottesville Light Opera Company, P.O. Box 5798 22905
The Friends of Extraordinary People, P.O. Box 9038-186, 22906
Charlottesville Wizards Inc of 1613-B Ricky Road
Mine Victims Fund, 977 Seminole Trail Suite 226
ACLU Post-conviction Assistance, no address given
Virginia Folklore Society, 219 Bryant Hall at UVA
Christian Legal Society, 408 E. Market Street #107
and many more available online (here):
Charlottesville Lesbian-Feminists Inc., P.O. Box 3290, 22903
Civic League of Charlottesville, 801 East Jefferson Street
Jefferson Sabres ROTC, UVA
Camp Albemarle Inc., Room 11 Post Office Building
Business and Professional Womens, no address given
Charlottesville Womans Club, 1621 Bruce Avenue
Welcome Wagon of Charlottesville, Route 2, Box 238
Charlottesville Albemarle Council, P.O. Box 4902, 22905
Charlottesville Cat Club Inc., 2303 Wakefield Road
Circle K International Inc., Newcomb Hall, UVA
The Charlottesville Club, P.O. Box 535, 22902
Charlottesville Downtown Foundation, P.O. Box 2472, 22902
Charlottesville Police Officers Emergency Relief Fund, P.O. Box 1032, 22902
National Women Law Students Association, 2424 Arlington Blvd #H4
Charlottesville Pride, P.O. Box 3382, 22903
Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society, Thornton Hall at UVA
Remecare Foundation, 4404 Ivy Commons
Helping Hands Home, 500 Ridge Street #4
Youth House, 1446 Ballard Drive, Crozet
Virginia Film Foundation, P.O. Box 1003, Crozet
IBM Club of Charlottesville, 2200 Old Ivy Road
Ridge and Valley Soaring Club Inc.,1525 University Avenue
Charlottesville 33, Disabled American Veterans Auxillary, Crozet
Top of the Line Social Club, 805 Rose Hill Drive
Village Resource Center, P.O. Box 407
Earth Systems Inc., 508 Dale Avenue
Piedmont Legal Services, 617 W. Main Street
Spectrum Theatre, P.O. Box 630, 22902
The Brothers United Celebrating, P.O. Box 400624, 22904
Acoustic Muse, 587 Pebblecreek Court
National Parental Alienation Foundation, P.O. Box 8048, 22906
Entrepreneurial Village, 210 Ridge-McIntire #500
MBA Tech Connection Inc., P.O. Box 5769, 22905
Virginia Jewish Heritage Program, P.O. Box 400539, 22904
Charlottesville VA Orchid Society, Route 4, Box 174
Whispering Oaks Inc., 5742 St. George Ave., Crozet
Dove Center Foundation Inc., 1947 Thomson Road
Vital Housing Project Inc., 3774 Bleak House Road
Society for Counter-Ordnance, 104 Reynard Drive
Central Virginia Pioneer Club, 3002 Longbranch Farm
Keegan Institute, 250 W. Main St. #310
Lewis Chitengwa Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 5365, 22905
Arts Center Inc., P.O. Box 1864, 22903
Humayun Khan Foundation Inc., 500 David Road
Arti Foundation Inc., 905 Claudius Court, Crozet
Southeast Asia Security Resource, 1006 Glenwood Station Lane
Wesley Thelmbrecht Rubinstein, 430 Foxdale Lane
Rhythm on the River, P.O. Box 93, Keene
Disaster & Poverty Relief Organization, 4000 Tompkins Drive
Kids Acting Out, 25 West Lawn
Marine Corps League Central Virginia, 114 Buckingham Circle
Community Attention Home, P.O. Box 155, 22902
ESL Day Camp of the Blue Ridge, 2622 Free Union Road
Blue Ridge Prison Project, 7958 Batesville Road
Save the Fireworks Foundation, 550 Hillsdale Drive
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 467 Martin Kings Rd.
American Postal Workers Accident Benefit Association, P.O. Box 6274, 22906
Virginia Artificial Kidney, 418 E. Water Street
Central Virginia Project, 1908 Lewis Mountain Road
Sparkworkshop Incorporated, 2420 Barracks Place #3
Virginia Cultural Laureate Society, 620 Stagecoach Road
The Royal Coachmen Ltd, 113 Georgetown Green
Virginia Basketball Club, 106-B E. Main Street
Trout Unlimited, 384 Minor Ridge Road
Pop Warner Little Scholars Inc., 52 Woodlake Drive
Cancer Research Initiative Foundation, 1562 Burchs Creek Road
Public Education Fund, P.O. Box 175, 22902
Dance Committee, 1815 Jefferson Park Ave. #10
Africa Solutions Inc., 28 Georgetown Green
Dynasty Social Club, 315 5th Street SW
Charlottesville RC Inc., 629 Berkmar Circle
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, 1043 Highlands Drive
Lafayette Institute, 1243 Cedars Court #B24
Air Force Space Operations, 1545 Thomas Jefferson Parkway
International Institute for ???, 1917 Greenbrier Drive
Afro-American Historical and Geneological Society, P.O. Box 7492, 22902
The William T. Coppage Foundation, 1424 Darley Row
Bologna Corporation, P.O. Box 4229, 22905
Tomorrow's Promise, P.O. Box 11, Batesville
The Helen Moorehead Laurencin MD, 580 Milford Road
Central Virginia Aquatics Club, 4055 Copperfield Ridge
Ace Mentor Program of America Inc., 210 Carlton Road
Virginia Rehabilitation Counselors, 1311 Carlton Ave.
Santa Matters Inc., 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway #190
American Society for Chartered Life, P.O. Box 5144, 22905
Transatlantic Brides & Parents, 2352 Ravenswood Court
Austro Health and Environmental, 901 E. Jefferson Street
Toaster Museum Foundation Inc., 201 E. Main #B
Charlottesville MABL Inc., 2065 Whispering Woods Drive
Genentech Foundation for Growth, 1224 W. Main Street
Jefferson Area Crime Stoppers Inc, P.O. Box 1694, 22902
American-Soviet Youth Forum, 1439 Westwood Road
Virginia Association for ???, P.O. Box 3758, 22903
The National Jazz Hall of Fame, 421 Park Street
Virginia Collegiate Media Inc., P.O. Box 709, 22902
Virginia Deaf Brethren, P.O. Box 843, 22902
Isaak Walton League of America, P.O. Box 293, 22902
Charlottesville Fathering Initiative, 1635 Bruce Avenue
Phi Sigma Kappa, 1702 Gordon Avenue
American Greek Community of Charlottesville, 100 Perry Drive
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Chapter 583, 2635 Barracks #D
Anette Tucker Yowell Scholarship, 1936 Arlingotn Blvd. #200
Roger Pattrell Bristol Trust, 1704 Concord Drive
Greenwood Community Center Inc., Greenwood
Virginia Concrete Masonry Association, P.O. Box 1547, 22902
Consolidated Credit Unions of Virginia, 3300 Berkmar Drive
Albemarle Associates Inc., 606 Lexington Avenue
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity Inc. Alpha Mu Chapter, 517 Rugby Road
Thomas Jefferson Center Foundation, P.O. Box 3191, 22903
Virginia Licensed Practical Nurse, 321 Monte Vista Ave.
Search-A Discussion Fellowship, 134 Bollingwood Road
Public Interest Law Center, 170 Rugby Road
American Business Womens, 907 Marshall Street
Charlottesville Albemarle Council, P.O. Box 4902, 22902
The Bereshis Foundation, 724 Madison Ave. #C
Leslie Hughes Walton Educational, 1000 Rio Road East
Epsilon Mu Alumni Corporation, 110 Harvest Drive
Criterion Associates, 2012 Lewis Mountain Road
Central Virginia Beekeepers Association, Ivy
African-American Peoples Party, 2253 Commonwealth Drive #C
Free Star Foundation, P.O. Box 5821, 22905
James N. Bailey Foundation, 141 Ednam Drive
Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists, 100 E. South St. #5
Alpha Xi Delta Building Corporation, 1830 Jefferson Park Ave. #22
Charlottesville Albemarle Recycle, P.O. Box 1036, 22902
Blue Ridge Chapter Psychiatric, 1545 Old Oaks Drive
Community Shares of the Thomas, 413 7th Street
Chihamba of Dancescape, 1318 Gristmill Drive
Jefferson Area Gymnastics Association, 2327 Seminole Lane
Institute for East-West Studies Inc., P.O. Box 5582, 22905
Beardley Environmental Foundation, P.O. Box 288, 22936
Soundstage Inc., 2305 Commonwealth Drive
Emmaus with Child, P.O. Box 5729, 22905
Friends of American Indians, 1226 Smith Street #D
I Can-We Can Foundation, P.O. Box 4564, 22905
Together Ministries Inc., 305 Crestfield Court
Virginia Advocate Inc., P.O. Box 626, 22902
Community Eyecare Services Inc., 419 Riverside Ave.
Center for Ethics in Capital Markets, P.O. Box 1845, 22903
Outyouth of the Blue Ridge, 1795 Franklin Drive
All Night Long Inc., P.O. Box 1526, 22905
Opera Society, 1602 Keith Valley Road #A
Independent Inventors Foundation, 699 Chapel Hill Road
Mid-Atlantic Vipassana Network Inc., 2633 Jefferson Park Circle
Southeast Asia Security Resource, 1006 Glenwood Station Lane


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"The Sky is NOT a Ceiling" Author to Speak at SUNY Canton
Noted spiritual author and scientist Aileen O'Donoghue will be making an appearance at SUNY Canton to discuss her recently released book, "The Sky is NOT a Ceiling." Her visit was made possible by the College's Healthy Hops Wellness program.
O'Donoghue said she has searched for, and found, a peaceful solution to the everlasting conflict between science and religion in her own life and has described that journey in her book. "The Sky is NOT a Ceiling." She details a rich mix of science, spirituality, and mysticism that goes beyond religion to a universe without limits.
The award-winning astronomer and associate professor of physics at St. Lawrence University will be presenting her findings from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 29, in the Richard W. Miller Campus Center's Kingston Theater. Both events are free and open to the public.
O'Donoghue is a regular guest on National Public Radio and her work has been featured in national periodicals. She writes for Living Faith, and holds retreats and workshops across the country.
This is one of several college wellness programs offered during the fall semester. For more information, and for ways to get fit and live well, visit www.canton.edu/wellness.
SUNY Canton offers a wide variety of career-driven bachelor's, associate, and certificate programs. Most of SUNY Canton's new four-year programs are designed so students can take them on-campus, online, or both. SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 100 courses online each semester. The College's athletic teams belong to the NAIA's Sunrise Conference, enabling students to compete in their respective sports for four years. Construction is now underway for the College's new Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center.
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Enjoy picture perfect scenery, fishing for exceptional rainbow trout and a friendly welcome.With a length of 9 miles and a surface area of over 4000 acres, this is the largest lake in the area. The lake itself has many small islands which can provide adventures of their own.
Sheridan Lake, located in the Interlakes district of Cariboo Chilcotin, is a 1659 hectare (4098 acre) spring fed lake, with miles of shoreline and shoals. The average Rainbow weighs 3½ pounds and it is common to catch fish 10 pounds or more! This is due to the abundant shrimp and insect populations that encourage a rapid growth rate.
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MONTREAL — Quebec's new policy concerning religious daycares imposes the state's ideological approach to religion, according to a Catholic parents' group.
The directive, released just before Christmas, also devastated the Salesian Sisters who run three Montreal daycares.
"I'm very disappointed with it," said Sister Ethel Rousselle, who manages the Centre de la petite enfance (CPE).
"With this new directive, we cannot even say a prayer; we cannot even mention the name of God," she said.
News reports that the province will no longer allow any form of religious instruction, prayer, singing or ritual in state-funded Catholic, Jewish, Muslim daycares only tell part of the story, said Jean Morse-Chevrier, who chairs the Association of the Catholic parents of Quebec (APCQ).
The directive also insists that Quebec children learn about "living together," she said.
The directive says the daycares must take into account the multi-ethnic character of Quebec and stimulate respect for differences using an inclusive approach, Morse-Chevrier said. It must inculcate "openness to diversity" in children.
It goes beyond saying there will be no religious instruction in daycares to "imposing another approach to religion."
"These children are under five," she stressed. The directive seems to be "trying to take control of the child's religious development."
"We say it is totalitarian to undermine the parents' choice of religion and impose a particular religious attitude," Morse-Chevrier said.
When Quebec parents had a choice as recently as 2008, 85 per cent chose a Christian moral education for their children.
The Salesian sisters have long catered to a diverse clientele that has included members of other religious faiths.
"We are not indoctrinating them. We accept them. They know they are in a Catholic daycare, run by sisters," she said.
Non-Catholics are respected and are not required to participate in activities geared to Catholics.
But when they pray, they pray together, she said. "Those people that are from other religions, they don't find it a problem," she said.
The ban on Catholic practices in daycares "is a great deprivation to the children," Morse-Chevrier said. Children who believe in Jesus love to say prayers or sing songs to Jesus.
Rousselle agreed children find the best part of the day the religious activities they share. "We will take away something important for them."


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Robert Thomas, a December graduate of Wayne State University Law School, says his business law studies prepared him to lead in the community — something he got a head start on while still a law student.
Thomas grew up in multiple foster homes in Detroit as a ward of the state. Today, he serves as leader of Foster Care Alumni of America, Michigan chapter, an advocacy group he founded during his second year at Wayne Law.
He serves on the Foster Care Review Board administered by the State Court Administrative Office of the Michigan Supreme Court. He also became a member of the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals while a law student.
Before he decided to go to law school, Thomas earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in industrial technology for manufacturing systems from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He went to work as a mechanical engineer, as a patent examiner with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and then as a senior mechanical engineer and project manager with Alion Science and Technology.
He's pursuing a 10-month weekend fellowship in Michigan Political Leadership Program's Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University and studying to take the patent bar exam in May and the state bar exam in July.
"Wayne Law opened doors and gave me opportunities to lead," said Thomas, who lives in Detroit. "I honed a lot of leadership skills while at Wayne Law, especially public speaking."
He particularly enjoyed his experience with the Patent Procurement Law Clinic through Wayne Law's Program for Entrepreneurship and Business Law.
"The patent clinic was a great opportunity to address patent law from the patent prosecution side," Thomas said. "The services are all pro bono. The patent clients are only responsible for paying the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office fees associated with filing and prosecuting the patent applications, as well as formal patent drawings, if needed. Already having experience at the patent office gave me a little insight on what to expect while drafting a patent application, but the clinic experience was invaluable for me as I pursue a career in the intellectual property field. Wayne Law has a plethora of law courses surrounding intellectual property, including several courses strictly regarding patent laws."
When he came back to Detroit to go to law school, he decided to get involved in the community. One of the first things he did was to become a member of the Detroit Board of Zoning Appeals, on which he serves as vice chairman.
"I consider it my civic duty to give back to the city I live in," Thomas said. "I involved myself in municipal government as a volunteer when I worked as an engineer in Virginia, too. I bring that experience to the Board of Zoning Appeals, and I also bring in some legal teachings of (Wayne Law) Professor John Mogk, having taken extra interest in courses such as property and land use. It's great to be a part of the rebuilding process of the city I love and that I was born and raised in."
Thomas entered the foster care system at age 6.
"I experienced a multitude of placements in foster care homes and group homes," he said. "At the age of 15, I was involved in a mentoring program under the Detroit Urban League. It was there I became part of a pilot independent living program where I was paired with a roommate in an apartment near my high school (Detroit Northwestern)."
He worked three different jobs to cover his rent and expenses while going to high school and playing football. When his roommate defaulted on the rent, Thomas ended up homeless.
"A local community activist stood up and took me in to finish my last year of high school," Thomas said. "During my high school years, if I was not working, I kept myself busy by staying actively involved in sports and after-school programs. These programs exposed me to self-empowerment, responsibility, different cultures and ideas, and etiquette – things I needed to know to survive and move past my circumstances. They taught me I could do anything I wanted to. I embraced the idea and now I'm empowering others to do the same."
One thing Thomas noticed about the foster care system was how few of its "alumni" like him were involved in creating its policies.
"To remedy this, during my second year of law studies, I assembled a great number of the foster care alumni in Michigan who were known as advocates of wards in care," he said. "This was not an easy task, but I narrowed down a set of like-minded individuals into a group. We started the Foster Care Alumni of America, Michigan chapter, focusing our issues on what we noticed should change. Starting and leading this organization, coupled with already serving as president of the Black Law Students Association and chair of the Young and Powerful Group for Obama proved to be even more challenging."
Today, Foster Care Alumni of America in Michigan has more than 50 members.
"This past summer, during my third year of law school, we held our first legislative hearing on foster care at Wayne Law," Thomas said. "Over 60 directors and heads of agencies, including the director of the Department of Human Services, and state legislators lent an ear to hear the voices of young adults and alumni of the foster care system."
Another such hearing took place recently under Thomas' guidance. The ParkWest Foundation and Wayne State University School of Social Work were partners in the venture.
"Currently, we are drafting legislation to introduce a Foster Care Bill of Rights to the state legislators," Thomas said.
He hopes he'll soon be working as an intellectual property practitioner helping entrepreneurs and inventors get a good start. And he's in the process of starting a mentor program for foster youth, particularly boys.
"I put an emphasis on mentorship, which I have recognized is one of the reasons I made it out of my situation," Thomas said. "Others reached out to me, so, in turn, I've done the same. I currently mentor high school, college-age and middle school boys, including my 15-year-old nephew, who I care for full time. Mentorship and advocacy is a part of my life."


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huge drive – come on Rodgers/McCarthy
4 Responses to "huge drive – come on Rodgers/McCarthy"
Schaefer Says:
November 28, 2010 at 3:41 pm |
running there is a waste
Schaefer Says:
November 28, 2010 at 3:45 pm |
56coop Says:
November 28, 2010 at 3:46 pm |
Nice score–wish they could do it with something other than a QB draw
Dave in Tucson Says:
November 28, 2010 at 3:46 pm |
There you go.
I'm not really in love with Rodgers running so much, but a TD is a TD.


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Just recently Sen. Angus King (I-ME) had his first experience questioning a nominee at a Senate hearing.
In the hot seat was former senator Chuck Hagel, who has been nominated for Secretary of Defense.
As shown in this word cloud from Buzzfeed, Hagel was asked quite a lot of questions about Israel and Iran.
In fact, there were 166 mentions of Israel and 144 of Iran, compared to only 20 mentions of Afghanistan and not a single word uttered about drones.
As for Senator King, his questions focused on other issues.
Much of what King asked about was very consistent with his past role as governor of Maine, an executive position overseeing a state with jobs in shipbuilding and submarines. He asked about managing the Defense Department and about procurement for the Navy.
Maine has many veterans and Senator King asked about new approaches to help returning veterans find jobs.
King also asked about counter-terrorism, an important national issue.
Compared to many questioners, there was not only a paucity of purely political statements, and a wider range of topics explored, but Senator King also showed his sense of humor and his interest in political history.
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James Prince is a professional close-up magician based in Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. James has been performing magic professionally for over twenty years and in that time has performed at literally thousands of Hotels, Clubs and Restaurants and at numerous Corporate and Private Functions, both in the UK and overseas.
In 2008 he released his first ever set of DVDs - "Menu of Miracles" (Volume 1 & 2) which was produced by RSVP Magic. Following their success, a third volume was created and features many workable routines for a restaurant/ walk-about environment.
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Builds on ProX™ 500's superior part quality, precision and durability
ProX 500 Plus has expanded range of new materials and offers new faster print speeds and higher resolution
New materials include glass-filled DuraForm® ProX GF, aluminum-filled DuraForm ProX AF+ and DuraForm ProX EF nylon
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ROCK HILL, South Carolina, November 19, 2014 – 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced it will preview its fastest fab-grade Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) system yet, the ProX 500 Plus, at EuroMold 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany. Building upon last year's successful ProX 500 release, the ProX 500 Plus continues the company's efforts to redefine production 3D printing, adding upgraded speeds, higher print resolution and an expanded range of engineered composite materials to the line's already stellar part quality, precision and durability. Like the ProX 500, the ProX 500 Plus delivers injection molding-grade parts without expensive fixed tooling for highly complex and mass customized production. Parts from ProX-series SLS printers exhibit long-lasting, fab-grade durability and functionality as well as smooth surface finish.
With the elevated production capabilities and repeatable results of the ProX 500 and ProX 500 Plus, service bureaus and large manufacturing operations—in industries like aerospace, automotive, electronics, customized medical devices, consumer products and rapid tooling—can rethink entire production and supply chain strategies for advanced product performance and lower total manufacturing costs. In addition to high material recyclability, the ProX 500 Plus allows for greater flexibility, so companies can explore localized manufacturing for step-change ability to exploit evolving marketplace opportunities and gain first-mover advantage.
A key element of the ProX 500 Plus's industry-leading engineering capabilities is the addition of three exclusive high-performance materials to the DuraForm® ProX line for use in the ProX 500 Plus:
- DuraForm ProX GF is a glass-filled polyamide (Nylon) material formulated for maximum stiffness and elevated temperature resistance. For parts that will undergo thermal stress or those that require high rigidity—like aircraft and automotive parts, complex housings and enclosures—DuraForm ProX GF will be the go-to material.
- DuraForm ProX AF+ material is an aluminum-filled polyamide (Nylon) with a gray appearance, high strength-to-weight ratio, elevated thermal resistance and improved machinability. This material is perfect for manifolds and similar under-hood automotive models in addition to jigs and fixtures—any end-use or working prototypes with a cast aluminum aesthetic for engine and other equipment components requiring high force loading.
- DuraForm ProX EX is a high impact strength nylon material with increased durability and remarkable flexibility. DuraForm ProX EX will be ideal for applications with high-force snap-fit designs, thin-walled parts and other fine-featured models needing nearly indestructible toughness and durability.
"Simply put, the ProX 500 Plus delivers the highest quality end parts with a combination of speed, precision, economy and robust material choices to a level that no one has seen before," said Buddy Byrum, Vice President, Product and Channel Management, 3DS. "This 3D printer provides the most long-lasting parts for the most challenging operating environments."
The ProX 500 Plus' new high-resolution mode prints part features down to as small as .45mm and boasts higher part density, tensile strength and modulus stiffness. In terms of print speed, the ProX 500 Plus offers 30% faster printing in high-speed mode.
For over 20 years, 3DS has set the standard for SLS 3D printing, proving its parts in prototyping, rapid tooling, end-use and functional testing applications in demanding applications around the world. Today its SLS printers set the industry's benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, electronics, medical devices, fashion, consumer products and more.
3DS is exhibiting the ProX 500 Plus and revealing its new materials portfolio at EuroMold 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany from November 25-28, 2014, at the Messe Frankfurt in booths D69 and F90 in hall 11, along with its latest 3D printers, advanced material options, cloud-sourced custom parts and digital thread of 3D capture, creation, print and inspection tools. Expected availability for the ProX 500 Plus is early 2015, and an upgrade kit will be available for existing ProX 500 customers at time of launch. Watch a video of this new production SLS printer here.
For more details on 3DS' announcements at EuroMold 2014, please visit 3dsystems.com/resources/press-room/euromold-2014. Also join 3D Systems' President and CEO, Avi Reichental, for a broadcast of 3DS' extensive showing at EuroMold starting on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. EST by visiting 3dsystems.com/resources/press-room/euromold-2014 and clicking on the broadcast link.
Learn more about 3DS' commitment to manufacturing the future at www.3dsystems.com.
About 3D Systems
3D Systems is pioneering 3D printing for everyone. 3DS provides the most advanced and comprehensive 3D design-to-manufacturing solutions including 3D printers, print materials and cloud sourced custom parts. Its powerful digital thread empowers professionals and consumers everywhere to bring their ideas to life in material choices including plastics, metals, ceramics and edibles. 3DS' leading healthcare solutions include end-to-end simulation, training and integrated 3D planning and printing for personalized surgery and patient specific medical and dental devices. Its democratized 3D design and inspection products embody the latest perceptual, capture and touch technology. Its products and services replace and complement traditional methods with improved results and reduced time to outcomes. These solutions are used to rapidly design, create, communicate, plan, guide, prototype or produce functional parts, devices and assemblies, empowering customers to manufacture the future.
Leadership Through Innovation and Technology
•3DS invented 3D printing with its Stereolithography (SLA) printer and was the first to commercialize it in 1989.
•3DS invented Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) printing and was the first to commercialize it in 1992.
•3DS invented the ColorJet Printing (CJP) class of 3D printers and was the first to commercialize 3D powder-based systems in 1994.
•3DS invented MultiJet Printing (MJP) printers and was the first to commercialize it in 1996.
•3DS Medical Modeling pioneered virtual surgical planning (VSP) and its services are world-leading, helping many thousands of patients on an annual basis.
Today its comprehensive range of 3D printers is the industry's benchmark for production-grade manufacturing in aerospace, automotive, patient specific medical device and a variety of consumer, electronic and fashion accessories.
More information on the company is available at www.3dsystems.com.


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City of Sanctuary holds the vision that the UK will be a welcoming place of safety for all and proud to offer sanctuary to people fleeing violence and persecution. In order to realise this vision, City of Sanctuary UK supports a network of groups, which includes villages, towns, cities and regions across the UK, and others engaged in Streams of Sanctuary, Sanctuary Awards and activities intended to welcome people seeking sanctuary.
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Swansea City of Sanctuary has commended local newspaper This is South Wales for balanced reporting on refugee and asylum issues.
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The Safe Environment program of the Diocese of Fort Worth is, rightfully, focused on protecting children and the vulnerable from sexual abuse. One means is the Protecting God's Children® program, which increases awareness about adult predators who interact with children online to manipulate, groom, and ultimately victimize them through sexual exploitation or sexual abuse.
We know that sexual predators often attempt to groom children by showing them pornography, thereby desensitizing them. But this exposure to pornography does not only come from adult predators. Another, much more prevalent source, where a far greater number of children are exposed to "adult" pornography, most of which is "hardcore" — is the internet.
According to the Crimes Against Children Research Center of the University of New Hampshire, the percentage of children ages 10 to 17 who said they had an unwanted exposure to sexual material within the past year rose from 25 percent in 2000 to 34 percent in 2005.
Recent data indicates that 90 percent of young men and 60 percent of young women have been exposed to pornography (much of which involves violence and overtly explicit imagery) by the age of 18. Of those 90 percent, the average age of exposure to pornography was between 8 and 11 years old. According to some sources, 80 percent of this exposure — which isn't always voluntary — happens in the perceived safety of their homes.
The impact of viewing pornography on children is significant and damaging to child development. It can lead to sexual addiction, unplanned pregnancies, increased risk of being victims or perpetrators of sexual violence, a devaluation towards human life, and objectification of others.
According to ProtectYoungMinds.org, parents often overlook these signs that a child may be viewing pornography:
BreakTheCycle.org recommends parents have a two-way conversation that does not involve judgment or blame. Acknowledge that the subject is difficult but necessary to discuss and that pornography is not representative of true love and healthy relationships.
In his article, "Pornography's Effects on Adults and Children," Victor B. Cline stated people are affected by what they see. The licensed clinical psychologist has observed that most "sexual deviations are learned behaviors, typically through inadvertent or accidental conditioning."
Awareness, vigilance, and action are necessary; particularly for parents, since most sexual and pornographic addictions begin in middle childhood or adolescence — "most of the time without the parents' awareness" or due to children having an insufficient understanding of the risks involved.
The Safe Environment program of the Diocese of Fort Worth is, rightfully, focused on protecting children and the vulnerable from sexual abuse.


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28 July
World Hepatitis Day [WHO]
London: Olympics Games (till 12 August).
30 July
International Day of Friendship
Brussels: The EU Commission presents an Industrial Policy for the Security Industry.
Geneva: - International Law Commission (till 3 August).
- Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination (till 3 August). http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Mercenaries/WGMercenaries/Pages/WGMercenariesIndex.aspx
- Conference on Disarmament, Part III (till 14 September).
Quito: UNU-CRIS, the Universidad Andina, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, OBREAL and the Latin American Trade Network - Doctoral School on Latin American, European and Comparative Regionalism (till 3 August).
New York: The UN Secretary-General will brief the press on his recent overseas trips.
31 July
New York: The UN Secretary-General is expected to brief the General Assembly on the G20.
1 August
World Breastfeeding Week (WHO)
6 August
Geneva: - Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council (till 10 August).
- Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (till 31 August).
9 August
International Day of the World's Indigenous People: "Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices"
12 August
International Youth Day: " Building a Better World: Partnering with Youth"
19 August
World Humanitarian Day
23 August
International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition [UNESCO]
Bordeaux: Tenth Summer University of Communication in favour of sustainable development (till 24 August).
26 August
Tehran: Non Aligned Movement Summit (till 31 August).
27 August
Addis Ababa: AU Ministers of Gender and Women Affairs (till 31 August).
New York: UN Conference to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (till7 September).
29 August
International Day against Nuclear Tests
Nicosia: Informal Meeting of Ministers and State Secretaries for European Affairs (till 30 August).
Versailles: EU Economic and Social Committee: The Future of Youth in Europe (till 31 August).
30 August
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
1 September
Naples: UN World Urban Forum (till 7 September).
5 September
Launch of the annual Report on UNCTAD Assistance to the Palestinian People
Akureyri: Conference of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (till 7 September). http://www.arcticparl.org
6 September
Nicosia: The EU high level group of experts on literacy will present recommendations on how to tackle low literacy levels in Europe. H.R.H. Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, who chaired the group, will hand over its final report to Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou at a Presidency conference on literacy in Cyprus.
7 September
Pafos: Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers (GYMNICH) (till 8 September).
8 September
International Literacy Day [UNESCO]
Vladivostok: APEC Economic Leaders' Summit (till 9 September).
9 September
Nicosia: Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council (till 11 September).
10 September
World Suicide Prevention Day [WHO]
Addis Ababa: AU Ministers for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (till 14 September).
Geneva: - Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, seventeenth session (till 14 September).
- Human Rights Council (till 28 September).
Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (till 13 September).
Vienna: IAEA, Board of Governors (till 14 September).
11 September
Oslo: States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (till 14 September).
Paris: UNESCO, Executive Board (till 28 September).
12 September
Launch of the Trade and Development report 2012: Inclusive Policies for Sustainable Growth
13 September
Mexico: G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to Meet (till 14 September).
14 September
Nicosia: Informal ECOFIN EU Council (till 15 September).
15 September
International Day of Democracy
16 September
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer: "Protecting our Atmosphere for Generations to Come"
17 September
Brussels: ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (till 20 September)
Geneva: - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (till 28 September).
- Committee on the Rights of the Child (till 5 October).
- UNCTAD, Trade and Development Board, fifty-ninth session (till 28 September).
Montreal: ICAO, Committee (till 5 October).
Nicosia: Informal Meeting of EU Energy Ministers.
Vienna: IAEA, General Conference (till 21 September).
18 September
New York: -Opening of the 67th UN General Assembly. Vuk Jeremic is the President.
- Report of the Secretary General to the General Assembly on Year of Sustainable Energy for All (date TBC).
19 September
Brussels: Justice and Home Affairs EU Council (JHA) (till 20 September).
20 September
The MDG Gap Task Force Report will be launched during the week (date TBC).
Nicosia: Informal Meeting of EU Sport Ministers (till 21 September).
21 September
International Day of Peace: "Sustainable Peace for a Sustainable Future"
Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee: Eradicating domestic violence.
22 September
New York: Social Good Summit (till 24 September).
24 September
Brussels: - Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI) (till 25 September)
- General Affairs EU Council (GAC)
New York: High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels.
Tripoli: 3rd Session of AU Ministers of Social Development (till 28 September).
25 September
New York: Opening of the UN GA general debate.
26 September
European Day of Languages
Nicosia: Informal Meeting of EU Ministers of Defence (till 27 September)
27 September
World Tourism Day [UNWTO]: "Tourism & Sustainable Energy: Powering Sustainable Development"
World Maritime Day: "IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic"
28 September
World Rabies Day [WHO]
29 September
World Heart Day [WHO]
30 September
Third anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1888 on women and peace and security (addressing sexual violence in conflict)
1 October
World Habitat Day
International Day of Older Persons: "Longevity: Shaping the Future"
Geneva: Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (till 19 October).
2 October
International Day of Non-Violence
3 October
Nicosia: EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council (PPC) on Freedom, Security and Justice.
4 October
World Space Week
Luxembourg: Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO).
Nicosia: Informal Meeting of Education Ministers (till 5 October)
5 October
World Teachers' Day [UNESCO]
7 October
World Day for Decent Work
8 October
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Nicosia: Informal Ministerial Meeting on EU Integrated Maritime Policy
9 October
World Post Day [UPU]
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Tokyo: Annual Meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (till 14 October).
10 October
World Mental Health Day [WHO]: "Depression, a global crisis"
European Day against the Death Penalty
Launch of the Technology and Innovation UNCTAD Report 2012
Luxembourg: Competitiveness Council (COMPET) (till 11 October).
11 October
International Day of the Girl Child
World Sight Day [WHO]
Limassol: EU Aviation Summit (till 12 October).
12 October
Tokyo: World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings (till 14 October).
13 October
International Day for Disaster Reduction: "Women and Girls - the [in]Visible Force of Resilience"
15 October
International Day of Rural Women
Geneva: Human Rights Committee (till 2 November).
Luxembourg: General and Foreign Affairs EU Council (till 16 October).
Rome: Committee on World Food Security (till 20 October).
16 October
World Food Day [FAO]: "Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world"
Launch of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report (UNESCO)
Brussels: European Development Days (till 17 October).
Rio de Janeiro: Global Economic Symposium (till 17 October).
17 October
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Brussels: - 3rd meeting of ACP Ministers of Culture (till 18 October).
18 October
Brussels: European Council (till 19 October).
- Conference on Trafficking in Human Beings
22 October
Dubai: The World Energy Forum 2012 (till 24 October).
Luxembourg: Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRI-FISH) (till 23
Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (22-23 and 25-26 October).
24 October
United Nations Day
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Launch of the Trade and Environment Report 2012: Transform Agriculture to Cope with Climate Change and Assure Food Security
25 October
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- Environment Council (ENVI)
27 October
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage [UNESCO]
29 October
Geneva: Committee against Torture (till 23 November).
Lefkosia: Annual European Migration Network Conference (till 30 October).
Luxembourg: Transport, Telecoms and Energy Council (TTE).
30 October
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1 November
Geneva: ILO, Governing Body and its committees (till 16 November).
6 November
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
International Week of Science and Peace
Baku (Azerbaijan): Internet Governance Forum (IGF) (till 9 November).
7 November
Launch of the Information Economy UNCTAD Report 2012
Brussels: - European Parliament Mini Plenary Session (till 8 November).
- ACP Ministerial Meeting on Climate change (till 9 November).
The Hague: 13th Meeting of the Network for investigation and prosecution of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (till 8 November).
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World Science Day for Peace and Development [UNESCO]
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15 November
World Philosophy Day [UNESCO]:
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International Day for Tolerance
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18 November
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [WHO]
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Brussels: Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
Strasbourg: European Parliament Plenary Session (till 22 November)
20 November
Universal Children's Day
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21 November
World Television Day
Paramaribo: 30th Session of the ACP Parliamentary Assembly and
24th Session of the Joint ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly (till 28 November)
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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
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Doha: Climate Change Conference – COP 18 (till 7 December).
The Hague: Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (till 30 November).
27 November
Budapest: Council of Europe - Conference on hate speech (till 28 November).
28 November
Strasbourg: Council of Europe - Pompidou Group - Conference on prevention of chemical precursors diversion.
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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
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International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
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I've noticed a few people are really starting to get negatively affected with the approaching date of the 21st. Some of us are starting to believe that we have too much work to get done. While I don't agree with that belief, I can understand why the pressure is on, since we don't know what will happen exactly if we can't get it done by then. Truthfully though, the tasks remaining involve minimal effort, and most can be done at your computer screen! As you read this very post in fact!
I've made this post to kind of round up all the things that still need to be done, and to hopefully make you guys realize that the majority of the leg work is to just write the reffics now! Writing; the things tropers are very familiar with at this point! Even if you think your stories would suck, it should not stop you from writing! Maybe make it 'stylistic suck' or put more effort into it than you usually do; whatever we need to get these characters back into the fictional world.
Currently, the characters that we can reffic are:
Romeo and Juliet [Deadline December 7th]: Who have already gotten submissions
Don Quixote [December 11th]: Who has already gotten submissions
Long John Silver [No Deadline Given]:
Chesire Cat [No Deadline Given]:
Sherlock Holmes [No Deadline Given]:
Hercule Poirot [No Deadline Given]:
This is the majority of our leg work, and currently we already have many of these at least in the works! Don't be so intimidated by the reffics, that may seem like a lot of stories but you don't need to write the quality of shakespeare for them. If Ace can write a reffic for Cinderalla (which even Mr.A admitted was pretty bad) than we could totally write stories worthy of refficing these characters. So I do NOT want to hear that you have nothing to contribute, or that you don't write. This IS your opportunity to contribute, to help us beat this deadline! Lurkers, you can write as well and I encourage you too! I know we have more than enough creative minds to get this done!
Beyond those stories, we just need to get the Wicked Witch's last Echo (which Sicon already has someone going to tomorrow), as well as the Echo in Austin Texas. Once we get those done all available work will essentially be Reffics until Mr.A announces more Echoes.
So...what I'm saying is, it's time to take out your quills, cause it's story time. I do not think it's asking a lot to get these things written and submitted in the next 15 days, but if we spend all our time complaining that time WILL slip away. If you have time to worry, you have time to write! I believe in you!


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In November 2009, I wrote about my 2nd great grandmother, Lizzie Taliaferro. You can read that post here. As I stated there, Lizzie was the mother of my great grandfather John Wesley Taliaferro. I know nothing about her except that she was born in either Georgia or South Carolina, and that she was sold away or died prior to 1856. The chances of finding any additional information on Lizzie were slim and I had pretty much given up. I am learning more and more along this genealogy journey that you should never give up hope.
As I am writing this post, it occurred to me that I need to give a little background before I proceed. Thinking about that, I realized that I have accomplished another research goal that I had not shared or written about and this needed to be talked about in order to properly lay out my case for finding Lizzie.
My 2nd great grandfather Miles Taliaferro and his son John Wesley Taliaferro were slaves of Richard Taliaferro and his son Edward Mobley Taliaferro of Fulton County Georgia. Richard was married to Susan Mobley and her father was Edward Mobley of Chester, South Carolina. I won't go into the details here, but through my research I can document that a slave named Miles was owned by Edward Mobley at the time of his death in 1839. I can also document that a slave named Miles was owned by the Richard Taliaferro family here in Georgia in 1856, and that the family had a direct relationship to Edward Mobley – his daughter Susan. Based on those facts, I speculated that Susan Taliaferro had received Miles in the final division of her father's estate. But, I did not have a paper trail to document this because there was no final division of slaves in the estate packet for Edward Mobley that I received from the South Carolina Department of Archives and History (SCDAH). I emailed the Archives requesting any other records for the estate of Edward Mobley, but was told there were none. There were some loose paper files, but I would need to come to the Archives and search them myself. Short of taking a research trip to South Carolina to search the records for myself, I had hit a brick wall.
I knew in my heart that the "Miles" in Edward Mobley's 1839 will and the Miles in the 1856 inventory and appraisement of the estate of Richard Taliaferro was the same person; the same Miles living near Edward Taliaferro in the 1870 and 1880 census. I just had this feeling I was right. But, feelings are not proof and that's what I needed – proof.
The paper trail for Miles leads to finding Lizzie. Maybe.
Earlier this year I was elated to read that FamilySearch.org had online digital images of South Carolina estate records. This was my opportunity to search for more estate records for Edward Mobley. After searching for less than an hour, I hit the jackpot! The documents in the estate packet that I received from the SCDAH were there, but there were also other records that were not included in the estate packet, including a final division of slaves. This was just what I needed to prove and document that Miles was one of the slaves received by Susan Taliaferro. Here is the list of "Slaves Allotted to Susan Taliaferro" (click to enlarge):
Source: South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1731-1964, Chester, Probate Court, Files 1788-1866, Apartments 049-050, Packages 776-813, Estate of Edward Mobley, Images 159-203, (digital image, Family Search, http://familysearch.org :assessed 12 May 2011).
There he is on the next to last line "Miles 775". I was so excited. But, wait!! Listed right next to Miles is "little liz" and then "Elizabeth". Could one of them be my great, great grandmother Lizzie? I know very little about equating the appraised value of a slave with their age. Miles was born about 1824, so at the time of the final division, 31 December 1839, he would have been about 15 years old. He is appraised at $775. Little Liz is appraised at $500 and Elizabeth at $300. It saddens me to think of my ancestors in terms of a dollar amount. It brings tears to my eyes. It is a very, very uncomfortable feeling. Unfortunately, it is a necessary element in the analysis as I try to determine an approximate age for Little Liz and Elizabeth to further narrow down which is more likely my Lizzie. I am thinking that Little Liz was a little younger that Miles and then Elizabeth a bit younger than Little Liz. Some of the slaves in this group are listed in terms of their relationship to each other. Could Little Liz and Elizabeth be related? I ruled that as unlikely since other relationships were indicated. Hopefully, someone with more knowledge on this subject will comment with their thoughts. I welcome your input.
Little Liz or Elizabeth – either one of them could be my 2nd great grandmother Lizzie Taliaferro. Of course I realize it might not be either one. But, this is probably as close as I'm going to come to finding my great, great grandmother and it's just too much of a coincidence to ignore.


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My 9 year old granddaughter is shark-mad and we have promised that we will help her get certified soon after she turns 10 (PADI minimum). Her mother is also interested in taking the course, so I foresee a family dive trip in the offing. Sydney will turn 10 in Feb 2019 and the odd thing about Ottawa during that timeframe is that we have winter. The lakes and rivers have a foot or more of ice so Open Water dives in this area are out until late in the season (things sort of warm up by early July!). I don't see them doing much diving in this area (I don't dive here any more - I hate the cold, fighting current, and 10ft visibility. Give me the easy diving of the Caribbean!) I see a trip soon'ish after school lets out in May / June. All this is contingent on Sydney still being interested in sharks / diving in a year, and her meeting the swimming standards for the course.
So, should they do the classroom and pool dives here and the open water dives in a referral to an Southern operator? Or do the classroom stuff via e-learning, and the pool and open dives south? Does anyone have a recommendation for a kid-friendly dive op that is easy to get to, I can get in a few dives while they are in classes, and won't break the bank?


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No club likes losing a popular manager, but in the sign of the times, Dagenham have just lost their long serving boss to the Non Leagues. Was anyone bothered? We sent the Daggers Diary team to investigate.
Towards the end of the 2003-04 season, Garry Hill resigned as manager of Dagenham & Redbridge. After a particularly tepid 0-0 at Scarborough, he boarded the supporter's club coach and announced his decision to those that had travelled, saying that he needed a rest but would see out the rest of the season.
One week later, the home game against Gravesend was anything but tepid, as arguably the most lack lustre Daggers performance in years (and that included the 0-9 humiliation at home to Hereford a few weeks earlier) saw us beaten 0-4 at home, and with the manager sitting in the dugout at half time with his hands in his pockets. A few hours after the game, he was gone, still needing that rest. It was a shame that a successful period for the club, which had included winning the Isthmian League, three straight appearances in the third round of the FA Cup (which included one trip to round four), and a conference play off final should end with such an image as that.
The club turned to the first manager it had appointed after the merger in 1992, John Still. Ten years after leaving for Peterborough, he had returned to steady the ship. While our performances in the FA Cup haven't been anything to write home about (we've reached the third round just twice while he was in charge), it has been onwards and upwards since in terms of our league position. Two mid-table finishes preceded the conference title in 2007, which was followed by a near miss at the League Two play offs in 2009, although twelve months later was the crowning glory in the win at Wembley and a day that no Daggers fan will ever forget.
On Tuesday, it was announced that John Still had left the club, to take over at Luton Town. In charge for just under nine years, Still has left the club in a much better position league wise than when he arrived. While some would have not quite admired some of the football played in that spell, it has undeniably been successful. And to regard the teams that we have had in that time as purely playing long ball team is not quite right. We had players like Craig Mackail Smith in that time, who has certainly gone on to bigger and better things. There have also been some decent central midfield players who have been here, such as Glen Southam, Matt Saunders, and Luke Howell, who may not have been so influential if that area of the field had been completely bypassed. Continue reading


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-d Dump the compiled packet-matching code in a human readable form
to standard output and stop.
I've never used that option before, but I just saw a Tcpdump developer use it to confirm a Berkeley packet filter in this thread. The user in the thread is trying to see TCP or UDP packets with a source address of "centernet.jhuccp.org" (18.104.22.168). First he specifies an incorrect BPF filter, which the developer then corrects. This is mildly interesting, but the useful information on the -d option appears in this post.
Tcpdump developer Guy Harris interprets output from the -d option:
> www:~# tcpdump -d src host centernet.jhuccp.org and \( ip proto \\tcp
> or \\udp \)
> (000) ldh [12]
> (001) jeq #0x800 jt 2 jf 8
> (002) ld [26]
> (003) jeq #0xa281e1c0 jt 4 jf 8
> (004) ldb [23]
> (005) jeq #0x6 jt 7 jf 6
> (006) jeq #0x11 jt 7 jf 8
> (007) ret #96
> (008) ret #0
OK, that code:
loads the 2-byte big-endian quantity at an offset of 12 from the
beginning of the packet - which, on an Ethernet packet, is the
type/length field in the Ethernet header - and compares it with 0x0800
- which is the type code for IPv4 - and, if it's not equal, jumps to
instruction 8, which returns 0, meaning "reject this packet" (i.e., it
rejects all packets other than IPv4 packets);
loads the 4-byte big-endian quantity at an offset of 26 from the
beginning of the packet - which, for an IPv4-over-Ethernet packet, is
the source IP address in the IPv4 header - and compares it with
0xa281e1c0 - which is 126.96.36.199, or "centernet.jhuccp.org" - and,
if it's not equal, jumps to instruction 8 (i.e., it rejects all packets
that don't have a source IP address of 188.8.131.52);
loads the one-byte quantity at an offset of 23 from the beginning of
the packet - which, for an IPv4-over-Ethernet packet, is the protocol
type field in the IPv4 header - and, if it's equal to 6 - i.e., if it's
a TCP packet - jumps to instruction 7, which returns 96, meaning
"accept this packet and get its first 96 bytes", and, if it's not 6,
jumps to instruction 6, which does the same check for 17, i.e. UDP.
I found this explanation very enlightening and I appreciate Guy taking the time to discuss it.


text: Shake Up Learning has some of the best technology tutorials on the web! I am currently teaching our new 9th graders how to use Google Docs and Drive, and found this cheat-sheet which Kasey created. It is easy to follow and I love the design! (What is that handwriting font? Love it!)


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- A fairy-tale birthday party: the story of the Three Bears
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- Take great food photos: tips for success
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- Video: Anne Hathaway reveals her sexy Catwoman suit on set


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Note9 is a gaming beast.Used with permission of CNET.com Copyright© 2018. All rights reserved. Article published on 08/24/18
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By Aarti Dhar. Read online version of the article on The Hindu - Catalytic changes are taking place in Leh -- nuns take to learning martial arts while the hills are getting green.
Winds of change are slowly but surely sweeping Buddhist society. The arid landscape is greening and the Buddhist nuns are being allowed to practice Kung Fu, a martial arts traditionally forbidden to women.
Interestingly, these changes are emanating and being patronised by the Hemis Monastery of the predominant Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
It is not an uncommon sight to see nuns practicing fighting skills early in the mornings at Naro Photang Nunnery in Shey on the outskirts of Leh or the maroon-dressed nuns digging and planting on vast stretches of barren land.
At the moment nuns have given up practising fighting skills because a majority of them are away getting trained Druk Gawa Khilwa (DGK) in Kathmandu, which is effectively the administration office for the nunneries and management office for the construction projects on the sites of the nunneries.
The nuns have to spend three to four years in Nepal where they are trained by Vietnamese Kung Fu master before they return to Leh and dedicate their lives for religious and social causes. Environmental protection is one such cause the nuns have taken up now.
Of the 400 nuns enrolled at Naro Photang, close to 300 are in Nepal and the remaining spend a major part of the day planting trees to make Leh a greener and safer place. The inspiration for environmental safety came after the 2010 flash floods in Leh that left behind a trail of death and destruction.
"Allowing nuns to learn Kung Fu is all about telling the world that women are equal and empowered," says Sonam Rigzin of Naro Photang Nunnery. He says self defence was important for women in the present context. "Women, including nuns, have been oppressed and allowing them to perform martial arts is a way of empowering them," he explains.
Nuns are also allowed to perform the sect's sacred Dragon dance. While the nunnery was opened in 1992, Kung Fu was allowed only in 2010. "I feel self confident now," says Jigmet Tunduk, a nun. Following a strict disciplined life, Jigmet says her parents were very happy when she decided to become a nun.
It was in 2010 that the Hemis Monastery administration decided to embark upon the tree plantation drive to prevent soil erosion and make the town a greener place. In 2010, Gyalwang Drukpa, head of the Drukpa lineage decided to take up the plantation project within a few months of the disaster hitting the place. The 9,000-odd volunteers of the Hemis Monastery, backed by the officials in their personal capacity, planted over 50,000 trees in about 30 minutes making a position in the Guinness Book of World records by displacing Peru that had planted about 27,000 tress the same year.
This is the third year running when trees are planted and the number of locals has increased manifold as they have found sense in the project. Tree plantation helps in soil conservation and increased precipitation (rain). This year about a lakh trees were planted – all on monastery land – of which over 99,300 have survived. This is said to be another Guinness record.
"Survival of trees is a huge issue here because there is hardly any rain and no irrigation and very less oxygen," says Mr Rigzin. They are now busy digging water channels for irrigation. The nuns take turns for digging channels and attending to the plants.